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Fun with felting

This is what my bunny slippers looked like seamed but not felted:

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Things I did to my knitted bunny slippers to make them fuzzy and cute and foot-sized:

– Soaked in painfully hot water and dish soap

-Swirled around in painfully hot water

-Rubbed vigorously in painfully hot water for an hour until hands were chafing

-Stirred around in sink filled with painfully hot water with a spoon

– Dumped in pot of boiling water for fifteen minutes and stirred with fork

This is what my bunny slippers looked like after the aforementioned events:

Hopsalot

For future reference, Lanaloft in Cottage White does not felt.

Lion Brand Fishermen’s Wool in Natural, however, does.

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(I totally can’t wait for it to dry so I can sew on the ears and face!)

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Hippity.

Hopsalot pieces

I can’t remember what was going through my head when I decided to search bunny slippers on Ravelry, but I came across the most adorable pattern and they’ve just been sitting in my queue for ages, bleating at me to knit them. Because bunnies bleat. Yees.

Anyway, yesterday I somehow ended up at the yarn store again (no idea how that happened) looking for some yarn for a Summer Flies shawl and ended up walking out with two skeins of white wool and size 11 circulars. Again, no idea how that happened, although I suspect it had something to do with an inability to decide what color I wanted to do that shawl in.

Hopsalot ears

I worked on them for about an hour before class and about an hour after, and they’re all knitted up! Seaming was really quick as well.

Hopsalot

I’m somewhat hoping my feet might suddenly grow an extra two inches longer and wider so these will fit because I haven’t yet grown the balls to go for my first attempt at felting anything ever.

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Finished Project: Morning Walk Headband

Wineberry headband/ear warmer

Pattern: Morning Walk Headband Earwarmer by Tif Matthews
Yarn: Suri Surprise in Wineberry, less than 1 skein
Started: October 8, 2011
Finished: October 9, 2011

Ravelry page

I mentioned previously that I hate the way hats look on me.

Another thing I’m not a huge fan of is hat hair, especially when it’s been raining and the dampness of confining headwear leads to utterly unflattering hair-dos reminiscent of drowned rodents.

While I was at the yarn shop the other day, one of the ladies there recommended this pattern and was kind enough to print me a copy.

Wineberry headband/ear warmer

It’s a super quick knit, and ideal Christmas knits..!

Wineberry headband/ear warmer

The flower was done with Karin’s Rose pattern on Ravelry.

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Finished Project: Jane

Yellow Jane

Pattern: Jane by Jane Richmond
Yarn: Lanaloft worsted in Feather Gold, 1 skein
Started: October 7, 2011
Finished: October 7, 2011

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I should start this off by mentioning that I hate hats.

Yellow Jane

Actually, that’s not entirely true. I love hats, I just hate the way they look on me. Usually.

I usually look bald unless my hair is in front of my ears under the hat, but then the hat doesn’t sit right with all that hair in the way. It’s just a disaster.

Yellow Jane

Somehow though, this one works.

I’m going to have to knit at least three more of these.

Yellow Jane

Sidenote: Taking photos of the back of my head in the mirror is surprisingly difficult. This one took eight tries.

A real update!

I feel like I haven’t posted knitting photos (or any photos) in ages.

To start off, here is Georgia!

Georgia

I had knitted the entire body before I realized that it was both too short and too wide (I have a really long torso and a small waist). So I started over. Luckily I’ve been moving and getting over jetlag and settling into school and whatnot so mindless stockinette has been about as complicated as I needed.

The first time around I had knit a size 36. The second time around I cast on a size 32 and then switched to 28 when putting the sleeve stitches aside. So far it’s a teeny bit tighter in the chest than I would like but it fits infinitely better than the 36 and I’m hoping blocking it will make it just a smidge looser. I also lengthened it so there are twelve buttons instead of ten.

I also finally took pictures of the Ghost Fambly duvet cover in action!

Ghost fambly duvet cover finished!

I think it turned out pretty awesome. I put an Ikea comforter in it and it’s so scrumptiously warm and delightly. I forgot to take pictures of the pearl button closures on the end of it. I think I need lace-trimmed throw pillows.

Access to a fully stocked kitchen and a fancy grocery store down the street means I’ve been cooking a bunch too! I’ve missed experimenting with recipes. Last week I made Irish stew. Yesterday I had a huge craving for these Brazilian cheese breads that Boyfriend’s grandma makes. So I read about two blog posts and six different recipes (plus the comments and reviews) and came up with something that came out pretty decent!

Cheese breads

Aren’t they cute? They’re made of tapioca flour and cheese so they’re kind of chewy and cheesey.

Anddd time to get back to knitting homework.

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